Schadenfreude - The Joy of Another's Misfortune by Tiffany Watt Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Series: Wellcome Ser.
An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time, at news of others' misfortunes. You might feel schadenfreude when... the boss calls himself "Head of Pubic Services" on an important letter. a cool guy swings back on ...Show more
Lab Rats: Why Modern Work ... Miserable by Dan Lyons
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
An hilarious and terrifying expose of the brave new world of work, explaining why it has all gone wrong and how we can regain our dignity.
How to Be Human - The Ultimate Guide to Your Amazing Existence by .
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to you, or tha ...Show more
The Death of Truth by Michiko Kakutani
$19.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES Editors' ChoiceFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of America's retreat from reason We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the occupants of the White House. Discredited conspiracy theor ...Show more
Is Shame Necessary?: New Uses for an Old Tool by Jennifer Jacquet
$26.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
In Is Shame Necessary? rising star Jennifer Jacquet shows that we have to use shame if we want to bring about political change and hold the powerful to account. In cultures that champion the individual, guilt is seen as the cornerstone of conscience yet it proves impotent in the face of corrupt corporat ...Show more
The Anatomy of Violence - The Biological Roots of Crime by Adrian Raine
$27.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Why do people kill? Are some criminals born, not made? What causes violence and how can we treat it? In An Anatomy of Violence Adrian Raine draws on his own scientific research into the brains of murderers, psychopaths and serial killers to give a new perspective on these perennial questions. He reveals ...Show more
The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken
$22.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Dr Mary Aiken is the world's leading expert in forensic cyberpsychology - a discipline that combines psychology, criminology and technology to investigate the intersection between technology and human behaviour. In this, her first book, Aiken has created a starting point for all future conversations abo ...Show more
For God's Sake by Jane Caro, Anthony Loewenstein, Simon Smart & Rachel Woodlock
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Four of Australia's most interesting religious - and anti-religious - thinkers come together to ask and answer the big questions, such as: What is the nature of the universe? What is a good life? How do we account for evil? and Where do we find hope? Along the way we are introduced to the detail of diff ...Show more
The Moral Arc How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom by Michael Shermer
$39.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
From Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously employed scientific techniques to better understand the non-physical world. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment led theorists to apply scientific reasoning to the non-scientific discipl ...Show more
Don't Let My Past Be Your Future by Harry Leslie Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
'Harry Leslie Smith is a vital and powerful voice speaking across generations about the struggle for a just society' Jeremy CorbynTHIS A CALL TO ARMS FOR THE MANY, NOT THE FEW: DON'T LET THE PAST BECOME OUR FUTURE Harry Leslie Smith is a great British stalwart. A survivor of the Great Depression, a Seco ...Show more
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
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Category: Social Thought | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived, Wollstonecraft wrote this book, a treatise of proto-feminism that was as powerful and original then as it is now. In it she argues with clarity and originality for the rational education of women and for an increased female contributio ...Show more
Being Mortal - Illness Medicine & What by Atul Gawande
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Category: Social Thought | Series: Wellcome | Reading Level: very good
Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safet ...Show more